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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: un1x on Sat, 09 May 2015, 04:59:17
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My ducky shine 3 leds start to dying (F5, 7&, ? leds dead - S key led seems to be dying)
Purchased 13 december 2014
I'm just disappointed, so many people adviced this keyboard as good & solid product.
It seems to be 150 € not worth it. I'll send it back to warranty.
(http://i59.tinypic.com/2iuqln9.jpg)
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Warranty repair not worth it IMO. Better off doing repair yourself or finding someone to do the soldering for you.
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Warranty repair not worth it IMO. Better off doing repair yourself or finding someone to do the soldering for you.
Why not worth it ? I might ask for refund and get another keyboard but i'm bored with leds issues and i dont know if i can get something better.
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Refund is diff from warranty. Warranty repair is them fixing the LEDs. They'll fix it and its possible they'll die again when they send back and you have to wait.
Return is another option, but outside of Korean customs there's not much in the way of better backlit keyboards than Ducky. Unless you're into nonstandard layouts.
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Refund is diff from warranty. Warranty repair is them fixing the LEDs. They'll fix it and its possible they'll die again when they send back and you have to wait.
Return is another option, but outside of Korean customs there's not much in the way of better backlit keyboards than Ducky. Unless you're into nonstandard layouts.
What about the new Shine 4 or Razer Chroma (i didn't hear good things about razer's switch)
Does it worth to upgrade to Shine 4 ?
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Depends on your needs. If you ever want to change keysets then don't get Razer or others.... They have nonstandard keyboard layout.
Honestly cheapest option is to repair. Repair warranty I think you need to pay shipping. If you can find a local soldering ace, there are YouTube videos on how to open the Ducky case. Then the ace can desolder the affected LEDs and replace them with new ones.
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If you decide to repair, please don't make the same mistake I did; plug the power back in the same orientation it was originally.
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Might be from a bad batch. I have a couple of Shine 1 keyboards, and one has had fairly heavy daily use for more than a year with the LEDs on 24x7 and every LED wtill works perfectly.
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Might be from a bad batch. I have a couple of Shine 1 keyboards, and one has had fairly heavy daily use for more than a year with the LEDs on 24x7 and every LED wtill works perfectly.
My Shine 2 leds are holding up as well ;D
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Might be from a bad batch. I have a couple of Shine 1 keyboards, and one has had fairly heavy daily use for more than a year with the LEDs on 24x7 and every LED wtill works perfectly.
I just had Razer BW 2014 before this keyboard who had key chattering issues, and now led issue with this keyboard i don't know what is going wrong.
//Edit: 2 more led down
(http://i60.tinypic.com/28iwxgy.jpg)
(http://i62.tinypic.com/2dbjvip.jpg)
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It's your call - you know your options. You could return it (replace, exchange) with retailer. Where did you buy it?
You could RTM. Or you could DIY. :D
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Hmmm... interesting, because I am during the purchase new keyboard, thanks for the information :)
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Hmmm... interesting, because I am during the purchase new keyboard, thanks for the information :)
Your welcome.
Hope you can enjoy your choice.
It's your call - you know your options. You could return it (replace, exchange) with retailer. Where did you buy it?
You could RTM. Or you could DIY. :D
I bought it from Ducky Belgium distributor alternate.be, i'm even thinking to get a non backlit keyboard with a solid cherry mx switch, i have enough with these problems.